Yu Shiang Beef
Ming's

Ming's

12 Salem St, Lynnfield, MA, 01940, United States

Soup • Chinese • Chicken • Vegetarian


"I was very pleasantly surprised and happy to find that Ming's grows some ingredients themselves in the back of the store which is just so groovy. I saw an employee watering the plants yesterday or the day before and so today I decided to prove further.I've taken Mandarin for 6 years now (some of middle school and highschool and college) and I'm very passionate and have so much love for the Chinese language, culture, country, and especially people. I've admired all things Chinese ever since I could remember as a little child. I even ran up to an elderly Chinese woman when I was 3 or 4 years old and called her Grandma!!! Haha.Anyways, those are side notes, but anyways, I just thought this was very eco-conscience and progressive and authentic and just wicked cool and even tho I work across from Ming's down the street, I didn't really consider it due to how small it was and not much seating and I just hadn't seen the reviews or the garden. Like this restaurant seems like possibly a local gem now to me!This peaked my interest for the restaurant and then when I went to post this I saw plenty of really great reviews so I def am going to check it out now! Can't wait!Anyways, I mentioned my interest in Chinese language etc because realized that I could learn more about China by capturing pictures of the different plants I didn't know and using those pictures to identify on Google what they are. There were a couple different plants that showed up but from what I can tell there is a fig tree and laurel that is new to me and I read articles about how they use it in Chinese cuisine and how. And it was just a nice little adventure for the day and I'm very impressed they try to utilize eco-friendly, and locally sourced ingredients.I hope they continue their efforts growing these plants and are able to even make it more extensive. And they should def promote it because it just is rlly cool."

Tl's Four Seasons

Tl's Four Seasons

110 W Barlett Ave, Roseville, United States Of America

Pub • Sushi • Mexican • Japanese


"Let me start by saying I know it is a busy time on New Years Eve for restaurants, things come up you need to be patient .The problem I have is when restaurants are greedy inconsiderate of costumers time. This particular business establishment I 'm guessing it holds approximately 50-60 consumers comfortably. When we showed up for our reservation, I knew it was not looking good. There were about 30 people huddled around the bar area blocking the entrance(fire hazard). When I was finally able to approach the counter,the workers were in a frenzy with multiple lists of names/numbers from Open Table call ins. When I inquired about how long it would be,they said probably about 30 minutes. Ok, again, understandable it is New Years Eve. At that time some of us muzzled our way to the bar got to talking to some of the others waiting for their table. I then started questioning the organization of this establishment. There were groups of 11, 9, 7, 6, 8 that had the same time slot we did. Well, I am not a Sushi restaurant business owner,but it doesn 't take much to figure out that that is impossible to achieve since a)Sushi is an art it is a meal which takes time to prepare serve and b)the restaurant can only hold so many customers at 1 time it was obvious that the times were badly overlapping. 1 hour went by I again inquired. They informed me they were working on it. 30 minutes went by (1-1/2 hours after our reservation) nothing. At that time I approached the young lady at the desk just plainly asked her if she had a time because the waiting time was not acceptable anymore. She at that time took it upon herself to rudely walk away. So,that was it for me my group. We actually went down the sidewalk to JC 's Mexican Restaurant made the best of the situation who welcomed us with smiles. Not the way we really planned on spending 2 hours of our time on New Years Eve! *couldn 't really rate food..didn 't eat there! based it on watching others for 1-1/2 hours"